Originally Posted By: Dave Malys

A hundred years ago it would have been outsourced from outside London but still within the U.K.


True.

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Today it is much more probable to be outsourced from a country in the Mediterranean


That isn't true, and when they are sourced outside of the country, it isn't hard to find out.

The British gun trade was always something of a cottage industry, even in the old days. As the gun trade began to contract after WWI and on through the loss of empire after WWII, it became even more so by necessity. As I said before, failing to understand the nature of the trade won't change it, and making baseless assumptions about it won't help you to understand it. If you don't like their system, then don't buy a gun from them.

"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."